Every city needs music to help it grow branches and keep evolving. Music, especially ‘live’ music in the right setting, gives those who live in these cities feel alive and energised and inspired and which then becomes a chain reaction of all kinds of emotions that creates a product and brand personality- advertising talk for standing out from the crowd. It’s something I feel whenever in New York or London or Copenhagen, definitely Paris, and anywhere in Latin America. The fir

No one had to even mention the appearance of actor and Eighties heartthrob Jason Donovan, but having a staunch Hong Kong Rugby Sevens supporter and friend from New Zealand take a swig of his beer and belch out over lunch,“Whatever this thing that the Hong Kong Jockey Club is talking about better not muck up my Sevens weekend. It’s been doing bloody well on its own!” This brought up the question of sponsorship of the Sevens, and whether the architect of the recent success of t

There’s much perception versus reality involved, and speaking recently to a young overseas jockey who was considering applying for a license to ride in Hong Kong, I advised her that being part and parcel of Hong Kong racing first requires doing serious due diligence about how the city works and sees itself today and what the government is thinking about based on the financial and business objectives of China. It’s also about knowing exactly where a gambling driven pastime lik